Rice vs Pomona

adamb529
Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:46:18 +0000

You guys can argue about stats all you want: the bottom line is that a statistic is just a number and really isn’t going to help someone choose a college. So please stop and do that elsewhere. Thanks.

So back to the OPs question: At Rice, you are assigned to one residential college. This is your home for all four years. (You can apply to transfer, but it is a rather involved process, and very few people want to.) Each college plans their own events, some of which are public events open to the entire Rice community. The college is much more than a home, because of the faculty living in the college as well and the student governance. You can become completely involved with your residential college or just passively live there. They don’t force you to get involved (but you’ll get a lot more out of it if you do.)